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View north-east from the Library of Birmingham
This is the view seen by looking north-east from the Secret Garden, on Level 7 of the Library of Birmingham. The long red-brick building at the foot of the image is in Summer Row. Leading away on the right of the picture is Lionel Street.
Notice the canalside plastic clad Islington Gates apartments development (on the left) by Fleet Street. This was built in 2002, and following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, in 2019 the block was deemed to have different but still unsafe cladding, which has to be removed. This started in April 2021.
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 1 Dec 2021
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College on Fleet Street
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 17 Feb 2015
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Birmingham, Lock No 7
On Farmers Bridge Locks, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 3 Feb 2019
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The Shakespeare, Birmingham
Image: © Chris Whippet
Taken: 2 Mar 2011
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Lionel Street, Birmingham
The BT Tower is in the background.
Image: © habiloid
Taken: 26 Oct 2013
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Birmingham, footbridge
Suspension bridge across Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, from Fleet Street to a construction site and the towpath.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 3 Feb 2019
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Across the rooftops in Birmingham City Centre
This is the September 2021 view, looking north-north-east from the Secret Garden, Level 7 on the Library of Birmingham.
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 23 Sep 2021
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Coffin Works - stamping shop
This shows the large two person drop stamp on the right and a fly press on the left. The bench in the right foreground contains some of the dies. The stamps are used to produce parts for coffin furniture from 'tin sheet' and the fly presses trim off the excess.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 28 Apr 2018
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Pound between Locks 7 and 6, Farmers Bridge
The towpath rises over the bridged entrance to the former Charlotte Street timber basin.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 5 May 2018
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Coffin Works - Drop stamp demonstration
One of the tour guides is showing how parts of coffin furniture were impressed into sheet metal by dies with one fixed at the bottom and one on the stamp head. In this case it was a raised impression of RIP to attach to coffin handles. The piece was then trimmed off the excess metal on a fly press. The stamp head is falling and is blurred in the low light. The operator is also slightly blurred but it does bring the process to life.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 28 Apr 2018
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